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~ ~ ~ Mr. French discussed the major issues raised at the Planning Commission Hearing e on the plan. He said that two concerns had been stressed: 1) concern that existing parkland in the Bethel/Danebo area has not been developed, including a sentiment that development of existing parkland should take priority over acquisition of new sites; and 2) a desire to retain existing parkland in its present location. Mr. French said that the latter concern stemmed from concern that the City might exchange a parcel of parkland it now owns in the East Irwin and West Irwin streets area for another parcel that is located to the north of the drainage channel and outside the neighborhood area. Mr. French said that another major concern was with planned improvements to Roosevelt Boulevard. He said that property owners and residents of the area were concerned that they be given an opportunity to participate in the planning and design of these improvements. Mr. French said that there had also been testimony at the Planning Commission hearing from an individual concerned with three lots designated in the plan for a split of residential and commercial uses and zoning. He said that, as a result of this testimony, staff recommended deleting the residential zoning on those parcels. Mr. French said that the council public hearing on the refinement plan update was scheduled for September 13, 1982. Ms. Decker said that the Planning Commission had received correspondence from property owners in the area outside the urban growth boundary north of the city, e who were interested in having that boundary expanded to include their properties. She said that the Planning Commission's response to this had been that the refinement plan was not the proper context in which to address this concern and that it should be addressed in the context of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. Ms. Decker said that there had also been a request for location of an additional development node in the area south of Barger Drive, outside the City limits. She said that the staff's response was that there is already another neighborhood commercial area nearby with undeveloped property; that it is unlikely that the City will be growing in this direction for some time in the future; and that extending commercial use into the property in question would only continue a pattern of commercial strip development that already exists to some extent along Barger Drive. Ms. Decker said staff felt that there is already enough commercial strip development in the Bethel/Danebo area. She said that, for these reasons, staff felt that the three nodes identified in the Metropolitan Area General Plan and reflected in the draft refinement plan update were sufficient. Ms. Decker also noted that Lane County's decision to allow commercial use on land in this area had been appealed to the Land Use Board of Appeals. She said that tentative indications were that LUBA had determined the commercial designation to be inappropriate. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session August 11, 1982 Page 2